Scottish Cup round-up: Celtic and Falkirk reach semi-finals

Celtic booked their place in today’s Scottish Cup semi-final draw thanks to Anthony Stokes’ winner against St Mirren in Paisley on Saturday.

Stand-in Hoops skipper Joe Ledley opened the scoring in the fifth minute with a header before a mistake by Parkhead left-back Emilio Izaguirre in the 13th minute allowed Esmael Goncalves an easy chance to level.

However, Stokes restored the visitors’ lead in the 21st minute with a close-range header, which was enough to give Neil Lennon’s side a boost for their Champions League trip to face Juventus.

Falkirk booked their place in the last four with a 2-1 win over Hamilton at New Douglas Park.

Blair Alston struck just before half-time to give the Bairns the lead against the run of play and he doubled their lead with a stunning effort from the edge of the box after 71 minutes.

Substitute Andy Ryan pulled one back for the hosts but they were unable to grab a leveller and had Jonathan Page was sent off in injury-time.